Pouty wingers can’t understand why Dede won’t play on their team
Now this is rich. The jihadis at RedState, having spent the last several weeks skilleting Dede Scozzafava, the onetime Republican Congressional candidate from upstate New York, are now whingeing that she should respond to having been driven out of the race by outsiders who don’t actually vote in her district, by throwing her support behind the right wing Congressional carpetbagger who can’t vote in her district either because he doesn’t live there, but who is now the de facto Republican nominee. Seriously. This from Col. Von Erickson himself:
In New York 23, the liberal Dede Scozzafava drops out and instead of supporting the guy the GOP crawls on bended knee to, she endorses the Democrat.
All the time we hear “conservatives can’t win the general” and “conservatives should play nice with moderates.” The record shows that the moderates cannot take losing and conservatives don’t win the general because the moderate GOP stabs them in the back.
If we are a team, it can’t just be the conservative players in trouble for not passing the ball.
Wait … you’re a team??? Didn’t your crowd just essentially read Ms. Scozzafava out of the Republican Party, after calling her a eugenicist who wants to wipe out minorities, implying that she’s a Marxist, and getting so hystrionic about her candidacy that even other Republicans started to think you were insane ? Doesn’t that, by definition, mean she’s no longer on your team?
Of course, the answer to that is ‘no,’ which is why Dede Scozzafava endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens, today. Go team! Dede’s statement, in which she wisely focuses on those pesky local issues, after the jump. So go ahead …
I want to thank you for your support and friendship. Over the past 24 hours, I have had encouraging words sent to my family and me. Many of you have asked me whom you should support on Tuesday.
Since announcing the suspension of my campaign, I have thought long and hard about what is best for the people of this District, and how to answer your questions. This is not a decision that I have made lightly.
You know me, and throughout my career, I have been always been an independent voice for the people I represent. I have stood for our honest principles, and a truthful discussion of the issues, even when it cost me personally and politically. Since beginning my campaign, I have told you that this election is not about me; it’s about the people of this District.
It is in this spirit that I am writing to let you know I am supporting Bill Owens for Congress and urge you to do the same.
It’s not in the cards for me to be your representative, but I strongly believe Bill is the only candidate who can build upon John McHugh’s lasting legacy in the U.S. Congress. John and I worked together on the expansion of Fort Drum and I know how important that base is to the economy of this region. I am confident that Bill will be able to provide the leadership and continuity of support to Drum Country just as John did during his tenure in Congress.
In Bill Owens, I see a sense of duty and integrity that will guide him beyond political partisanship. He will be an independent voice devoted to doing what is right for New York. Bill understands this district and its people, and when he represents us in Congress he will put our interests first.
Please join me in voting for Bill Owens on Tuesday. To address the tough challenges ahead, we must rise above partisanship and politics and work together. There’s too much at stake in this election to do otherwise.
Dede
And in case you doubt how important New York 23 has become, note that Scozzafava consulted with both Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emanuel before making that endorsement, and Vice President Joe Biden will be campaigning for Bill Owens. Oh, and that Hoffman guy will have Rich from “Big and Rich,” but apparently his campaign wasn’t confident enough to book a venue that holds more than 450 people. In the end, I’m not sure the winner of this race really matters. Either way, wingers smell blood in the water, and the bloodletting of moderate Republicans has begun, meaning that soon, the Republican Party will consist of Glenn Beck paranoids, Dittoheads, Palinites, 6,000 year earthers, birthers, angry teabaggers, and a few glassy-eyed pols like Tim Pawlenty, just trying to figure out where they fit in. At that point, 20 percent party ID will sound like the good old days. Gee, it’s good to be a Democrat.
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